A Very Small Wish

I am so angry at blogspot right now. Seriously, the adjustments they made to the layouts are weird. And before they righted them into correct sizes (which I STILL don't like, by the way) I spent TWO hours trying to figure out what I did wrong and how to fix my beautiful layout... and it turns out it wasn't me! Anyhow... *grumbles* I don't have much topic to blog on, so I decided instead to do a quote blog. I doubt anyone will read it through/comment, but it's more for me anyhow. This won't include quotes from me/my events/days personally, but mostly quotes from my favorite books, authors, movies, etc. If you don't care, feel free to minus the window at any time. For the rest of you... wow, you musn't have homework (or you do and you're... you know, not doing it).

C.C.: I wouldn't be caught dead in that dress.
Niles: You'd have to be dead six months to fit in it.

Max: I'm going to ask Fran to sign a prenuptial agreement.
Niles: [deadpan] Why don't you just walk through downtown Iraq dressed like Uncle Sam. It'll be quicker


Scratch that:

 I had actually gone to bed, turned out the lights and began to drift off when I began thinking about books. And something struck me! Now this may not be original, but I had never stopped to think about it before. I began to contemplate the Bella’s, Nora’s, Aislynn’s, Ever’s, etc of the world. And, more importantly, what made their love interest so appealing. But I could not ponder on this far enough before I came to think of the authors, and not necessarily the doe-eyed protagonist herself. And so from here it was concluded that:

I think the authors are maybe living out unfulfilled fantasies through their characters. Because it’s always the boy everyone wants that these girls get, you know? The handsome, rich, mysterious heartthrob hiding a deep, dark secret. And sometimes he’s just a plain out jerk, and yet he is idolized in the eyes of all as gifted and wonderful because of all of those things. Yet it is those things - the looks, money, mystery - that are not of this making. They are endowed on him from elsewhere. Anyhow, you should know my feelings on the paranormal teen hunk. So, basically he’s a lucky jerk who happens to get the stupid girl, because smart girls know that these boys are NOT OK.

So, I really think that the authors have some unrealized dream of being the beacon to this type of man. He is so sought after and there is a sea of girls chasing him. Yet to be that one girl in his eyes, though you may be plain, slow and not altogether beautiful, would be an event indeed. And I can certainly see the appeal of these books, yet I can’t help but think they might prove detrimental for the young adult state-of-mind. It is teaching us to be accepting of odd, and sometimes forceful, behavior. After all, he’s a handsome/vampire, so it’s totally OK. You can fix him.

Girls should be looking for the boys who, though they may not be the Sage to our Clea, will care for us and love us. They will not command us, control us and attempt to murder us for access back into heaven (see Hush, Hush). Just, don’t look for Edward, Patch, Sage, Keenan, etc - the list is ever-spanning - when you have the one who is never named in the book right there, being great and wonderful without a secret supernatural identity, winning looks and a safe stashed with gold.

*sigh* I didn’t see this coming.

Anyhow, I really need to be off to bed. G’night!

Quote blog to be resumed at a later time. Occasionally my soapbox gains the upper hand.

Toodle Pip.